The mercurial career of Antonio Bryant continues. The Bengals released Bryant today despite signing him to a four-year, $28 million contract with nearly $8 million in guaranteed money earlier this offseason.

Bob Glauber of Newsday originally reported that the Bengals were considering releasing Bryant.

Yes to that question.
That's what I thought this morning. 8M for (not) learning a playbook and showing up at trainingcamp. (injured)
The kicker is that he is an unrestricted free agent and can get another signing bonus. But I doubt anyone will take a chance on his knee.

This just seems dumb on management's part. If I remember correctly, his contract for 10 million, 7 of which had already been paid. So for 3 million more you could keep him as insurance and a weekly inactive until he's ready to play, or move him to the IR with an eye to releasing him with an injury settlement. In this case, the injury settlement would be to return a portion of the signing bonus. In return, he could sign another contract with another team and get paid again, as well as play football this year.